Rubber vehicle-tire.



010. HENDERSON.

RUBBER VEHICLE TIRE. -AT PLIOATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1908.

'Patented Apr, 20, 1909.

` To all whom. 'it may concern.'

Vrugt change in strength at' any one UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

CHESTER O. HENDERSON, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM A.

i PIOKENS, OF INDIANAPOLIS,I INDIANA.

RUBBER VEHICLE-TIRE.

Be it known that I, CHESTER O. HENDER SON, a citizen of the United States', residing at Dayto'n, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin`Rubber Vehicle-Tires; and I do declare the following te/'be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art lto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin s, and to the figures of reference marked xereoin` which form apart of this s cciiication.

'My invention re ates to improvements in rubber tires for vehicle Wheels.

The object of the invention is to provide a rubber tire having the requisito elasticity and cushion quality without the use of air.

The formation of the tire is such as to prevent crushing or breaking down ol' the tire when in use. Everything pertaining to the interior construction of the tire is made as nearly as possible on a radius or circle, thus giving a gradual decrease of strength from the strongest point and preventing any abioint. Iy invention consists of a rubber tire having arranged throughout its length a series of uniform cells which are closed to the atmosphere andby means of which the desired resiliency is 'obtain id, wsthout impairin the strength.

eferring now to the accomianying drawings, Figure, 1, is a longitudinal mid-sectional elevation of a portion of'thc tire and the Wheel rim. Fig. 2, is a cross section through one of the cells on the line a a oi' Fig. l. The stipple work shown in the cells in Figs. 1 and 2, 1s intended to represent surface shading. Fig. ,3, is a cross section through one of the pillars or solid portions ol' the tire.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference characters indicate correspending parts.

In carrying m invention into effect and according to the i lustrations hereto annexed, the tire l is'lconstru ted of rubber reinforced by a web 2 of sui le textile fabric which is increased in layers in the portion of thel tire nearer the tread surface. ric is a common feature in rubber tires and its urpose is to prevent stretching of the tire beyond the desired degree of resiliency, and to otherwise reinforce and strengthen 'the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 21, 1908. Serial No. 454,072.

This web or fab- Patented April 20, 1909.

tire. circular length is a series of cells 3 which are .oblong in side elevation and extend inwardly 4to provide elongated but narrower areas as at 4, and throuo'h the inner surface of the tire as at 5. The bottom of these cells is reduced in area by the inwardly-extended fianges Gand the purpose of the openings 5 through the inner surface of the tire, is to provide facilities for removing the form by means of which the c ells are made. purpose of narrowing the openings 5, is to avoid removin any more of t circumferentia base of the tire than is necessary, and to thereb maintain a sutlicient compression strengt to hold the clencher tire and prevent its detachment while the wheel is in use.'

The cells are separated by illars 7 01 solid portions of the tire so that t ere is'no'communication between said cells nor is there any communication between the cells and the atmos ihere, as it will be seen the clencher rim 8 e ectually closes the entrances 5. The reduction of the cross areas of the cells as at 4, has a two-fold advantage, to-wit: It maintains a desirable strength at the circumferential base of the tire and itgives desired resiliency. The pillars 7 or 'intervening solid portions of the tire, with the rest of the tire, are formed of vulcanized rubber and the said pillars are constructed so as to carry Arranged in the tire throughout itsl The ie rubber at the their proportionate part of the load. The y cells so interposed between the )illars absorb the shock and gi've the required resiliency to the tire throughoutl rlhe tire is attached to the metallic or clencher rim 8 of the wheel in a well-known manner and as illustrated in the drawings, the attachment being by clencher rim overlapping the circumferential inner edges of the tire and snugly embracing the inner surface of the tire and thus closing the entrance space 5 fromi the atmosphere. It willl therefore be seen, that the cells are entirely closed to, the admission of v4air as it is not desired to make useof these cells for the pur )ose of receivin air. The tire has a soli( base on each si e ofthe cells which )recells so that the ossibility of the collapsing of any portion ci) the tire due to too much yielding, is entirelj,T obviated, while the desired amount of resiliency and durabilityis Obtained.

Having described my invention, and the manner of its use and construction, what I claim is :t

l. A tire for vehicle wheels, constructed of rubber reinforced with webbing and having a series of cells arranged therein.' which are non-communicating, each of said cells heving a narrow opening through the circ1imjferential base of the tire, in combination with a rim which embraces the inner circu1nference of the tire yand closes the narrow openings in the circumferential base of the .tire, thereby excluding any admission of air to said cells. f

2. In a tire for vehicle wheels, the combination with a wheel rim, of a hard rubber tire having a series of cells arrangedI therein and lying inwardly a suitable extent from the tread surfe :e of the tire, said`cells being en larged lengthaise but made narrower at their inner portions and terminating in still narrower openings through the inner surface of the tire, and pillars or solid portions of the tire interposed between the cells, the inner surfaces of said pillars yor solid lportions of the tire being engaged by the wheel riin which closes the narrow openings in the tire which extend through the inner surface of said tire.

3. A rubber tirefor vehicle wheels, con

I' sisting of a hard rubber body provided With a plurality of cells which lie inwardly a substantial distance from the tread surface of the tire and are separated from each other by solid yportions of the tire of a substantial thickness, said solid portions being of less width at their base due to the elongation of the inner terminals of the cells, the cells becells arranged therein with intervening pillars or solid portions ofthe rubber separatlng said cells, the solid portions being of less width at their base, and the said cells eX- tending through the inner surface of the tire in narrow openings which are closedby the clencher rim, and whereby the cells are sealed from the atmosphere.

In testimony whereof I aliX my signature.'

in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER OJHENDERSON. vWitnesses i MATTHEW SIEBLER, CARoLYN M. THEOBALD.

ing enlarged in length, but of less width near i' of a solid rubber tire having a series of oblong 

